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Having it All in Life Returning to a Career in Entertainment After Starting a Family by Anna Primiani
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nna Primiani is an and everything, on top of societal award-winning actress, judgement and the pressure of bewriter, and filmmaking a working mother. Women can be er. Her film, Let Forever strong yet vulnerable, brave yet cauBe, is currently gaining attention in tious, and grow as their lives change. festivals and won her a Best Actress Anna feels fortunate to have been Award at the Florence Film Awards. cast in films like Disney’s Treasure Her short film script, Weight, has won Buddies, Curse of the Piano, and She recognition across Could Be You, multiple festivals this After taking a break to a true story of year including Hollymissing girl, Jenstart a family, things wood International Marteliz, are looking promising. nifer Golden Age Festival, which premiered As a woman in the the Rome Prisma in Cannes. workforce, trying to Awards, and Florida “A t t e n d i n g find the balance and Shorts. Last year she the Cannes Film the notion of “having was part of two films, Festival was an it all”, Abducted and Pipe extraordinary exNation, which filmed perience. There’s in Alberta. Next, so much talent she’s preparing to film the movie “A all gathered in one place – it can be Vintage Bride” and start pre-producintimidating at times. But you need tion for Weight. to push forward and smile with confiAfter taking a break to start a famdence…and remember not to trip on ily, things are looking promising. As the red carpet with all those cameras a woman in the workforce, trying to flashing!” she laughs. find the balance and the notion of Returning to the entertainment “having it all”, is always a challenge. world after taking a break to start a Within the film industry, women are family can be just as intimidating. Acconsistently put under a microscope, tors must overcome many hurdles to where sexism, ageism, and expecget in the audition room, yet alone tations for women to do it all is still be cast. The sentiments of self-doubt prevalent. Trying to navigate this precan compound when you eagerly recarious terrain, it becomes an interturn, and opportunities fall flat. Still, nal battle making time for everyone Anna doesn’t let these feelings hold
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